"New 54mm Indulgence" Topic

Hi

My very first wargaming when I was 12 was with Little Wars and Airfix 54mm plastics and I have decided that this year I want to put together forces matching those in the original Little Wars of a Blue and Red Army.

I am quite taken with the Funny Little Wars rules and have bought 10 Cannon off ebay in preparation, I just need the troops now.

To this end, as I am a toy soldier manufacturer, I have started to work on a small range of suitable 54mm figures to be cast in metal.

This is the first figure, which has separate arms and heads – currently a Home Service Head for normal troops and a bearskin head for guard troops.

These can be seen here:

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They are sized to match Tradition in scale.

The next step will be an officer based on the same master body, followed by a standard bearer and then some cavalry.

After that I hope to do some artillery crew for the Britain's cannons.

This is Army Red sorted – I'm still looking for ideas for Army Blue, of whether to use French or German troops types – any suggestions welcomed.

I have no idea how much these will cost to produce, so have no real idea until I cast them of what the end price will be if I decided to make them generally available

let me know what you think…

Many thanks

Mike

For a bigger target market research you better have a look here:
treefrogtreasures.com/forum

Thanks for the link.

I am making these for me (at the moment) so don't know if they'll ever evolve into a range as such

Mike

Great job, Mike. I love 54's. The faces are great.

Steve

Cavalcade Wargames
cavalcadewargames.com

Very cool! It's always good to see new wargaming 54s!

Nice work Mike. I've been tempted by some 54 mm figures recently but was able to resist buying them. You've just made that a bit harder…

Come over to the Dark Side, Ace! It truly is hard to go back to smaller scales.

allthekingsmen--I've been collecting (and doing a little gaming) with 54s for a couple of years now, and you are right. My 25s look small now. I can't even imagine buying the smaller scales (15mm and below)anymore.